A fighter with good boxing ability but not a big puncher. He also has a belt at 122, the division Montiel wants to fight it, and is promoted by Top Rank, seems like a perfect fit. He first has a fight in march though.

if he stays at bw, he should fight the winner of perez vs darchinyan or the loser of agbecko vs mares.......

sounds like a good idea, if he don't wanna rush, then a very quick tuneup fight would be good for him. He has plenty of good fighters to target at 118 that could be big wins, so to me, there is no need for Montiel to move up in weight. Hope he can comeback strong!